Saturday, 8 March 2025

SCP (Skua, Velvets etc)

Wheelers Bay Ventnor: Black Redstart on March 5th. 

SCP (St Cath's): off the 'point'

March 8th: morning sea watch with George H [06:40-08:50]. Easterlies (ESE). Given it's early March, not too a bad session with a few highlights: an Arctic Skua east (by date early in the season), as well as three Velvet Scoters (with a scoter flock), a mixture of ducks (100+ scoter, Pintail, teal etc). LBB gulls. In off mipits etc. Somewhat paltry compared to Dunge?! but enjoyable all the same.  

March 9th: similar conditions (easterlies): SCP [06:40-09:35] with George (then Ollie): slow going, but some movements eastwards: C.Scoter 26, LBB 10, Shoveler 7E, RTD 12E/2on, Common Gull 13, etc. Mipits in of c60, alba/pied wags including a good candidate for White Wagtail (low and east). My first singing Chiffchaff. 

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